Phonograph



M. SCHEHER. PHONOGRAPH.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-28,1917

1,331,788. Patented Feb. 24,1920.

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1,331,788. Patented Feb. 24,1920.

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GILBERT M. SCHERER, OF YQRK, N. Y.

PHONOGRAPH.

Application filed December 28, 1917.

To all whom it mayconcern Be it known that I, Gnimurr M. Sumner. acitizen of the United States, residing at New York, borough ofManhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented certainnew and usefullinpi-ovcrnents in Phonographs, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

The invention, which constitutes the subject matter of this application,relates, in its broader aspect to several features of novelty, one ofwhich comprises mechanism for raising and lowering a phonograph recordof the disk type from the rotating disk or table upon which the recordismounted. This mechanism enables the record to be raised for thepurpose of removal and also facilitates the replacement or the placingof another record thereon. Other featuresof this invention reside in thesimplicity and construction of the mechanism and will appear vztrom thedetailed description below, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure l is a frontview, partly in section,illustrating one application of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the mechanism employed in raising a record fromand lowering the same upon the disk.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 2 withthe reciprocating support of Fig. 4 omitted therefrom.

Fig. at isa plan view of the member for holding therecord in elevatedposition.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the reference numeral 10 indicatesthe upper portion of an ordinary phonograph cabinet of conventionalconstruction, in connection with which there is provided the usualrotating disk 11 carried by the actuating shaft 12. The features 1 havejust described are all old and well-known and I make no claim broadlythereto, except as they constitute a part of the combination which Ishall now proceed to describe.

"dounted upon the rotating disk 11 is a fabric 13, provided at itscenter with a circular opening 14. adapted to receive the member 15 ofthe disk raisingmechanism. There is a part 16 below the face of therotating disk 11, which corresponds to the part 15. These parts 15 and16 are illustrated as being made oi solid disks; but it will beunderstood that this is merely the preferred form and that they may beskeletoniiied and changed in other manner with- Specification of Letterslatent.

Patented Feb. 2%, 1920.

Serial No. 209,248.

out departing from my invention. Connecting th two members if) and 16are plurality of posts 17,'prefcrably three in number which reciprocatein a corresponding number of perforations 18 in the rotating disk 11.

It will of course be understood that the reciprocation of the members15, 16 serves to raise the record disk from and lower the same upon therotating disk 11. In Fig. l the record disk is in position to be loweredupon the disk 11' or to be removed from the member 15.

In conjunction with the elevating mechanism just described I employmeans for actuating same so as to raise the record from the rotatingdisk 11 and lower same thereon. This mechanism I will now proceed todescribe. p

- Upon the upper surface of the cabinet 10, I provide a securing member19, to which is pivotally connected a double armed lever 20, the outerends of which are provided with anti-friction members 21, which bearagainst the lower side of the member 16. To the plate 19 is also pivotedan operating lever 22, one end of which is provided with a handle 23 andthe other end of which is pivotally connected through slot 23 to Theoperation of the above described mechanism as follows: The operatortakes hold of the handle 23, and moves the lever 22 toward theindication Lower. This withdraws the cam face 27 from under the lateralprojection 28 and enables the double armed lever 20 and the supportingmechanism 1516 to move downwardly. This lowers the record upon the disk11. A movement of the lever in the opposite direction. that is to say,toward the indication. Raise, will elevate the record from theiOtittll'lL" disk 11. as will be understood. What I claim is: I l. in asound reproducing; machine, rotatable record support, in combinationwith means art-acted to elevate a record support to vfacilitate itsremoval comprising a member carried by and movable axially with respectto said record support, in combination with means for effecting saidaxial movement of said member.

.2.'In a sound reproducing machine, a rotatable record support, incombination with means to elevate a record from said support tofacilitate the removal of said record, comprising an elevating meanscarried by said support, and means for raising and lowermg saidelevating means.

3. In a sound reproducing machine, in

.combination, a. rotatable record support,

means movable to a position above said support to disengage a recordtherefrom re gardless of the position of said support and means formoving said first-mentioned means to its operative position.

In a sound reproducing machine, in combination, a stationary support, arecord support rotatably mounted with respect thereto, means carried bysaid record support for moving a record with respect there to and meansmounted on said stationary support for actuating said first-mentionedmeans. 1

6. In a sound reproducing machine, in combination, a rotatable. recordsupport,

means for causing a relative movement between said support and a recordto facilitate removal of the latter, said means and support beingmounted for relative axial' movement when said support is in anyposition with respect to its axis of rotation, and means for effecting arelative movement of said support and first-mentioned means.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature. GILBERT M. SCHERER

